Oh, you CIA graduates in your crisp white jackets, you’ll never know what it’s like to be Chef Zhou Guang Zan. Imagine standing over a jet engine as it blasts more than 30,000 BTUs. Your task is to ...

When I was 11, my Irish American stepdad came home with a $10 wok and a used paperback Chinese cookbook. Chinese food was a treat reserved for the rare occasions when we ate out at local ...

You've done dim sum, swished Wagyu beef or chrysanthemum greens in a hot pot, wrapped Peking duck in a pancake, slurped Taiwanese noodles and swooned. Now you're ready to cook. You know where to shop ...

Among Chinese cookbooks, this one is unusual. It doesn't strive for comprehensiveness or focus on a regional cuisine. Instead, it analyzes that sacred object of the Chinese kitchen: the wok. The wok's ...

In China they say, "Yad wok jao tin ngaii." The old Cantonese expression can be interpreted two ways, says cookbook author Grace Young: "The wok endures eternally, all the way to the sky's edge." Or, ...

I made stir-fries and fried rice on gas, electric and induction stoves to see which wok worked best. Plus, why you should skip nonstick. A traditional Chinese wok is a bowl-shaped pan that’s ...

I’ve owned several woks, but never got into the habit of using them. My first was aluminum and came as part of a cheap boxed set — with a pair of long chopsticks and a half-moon frying rack. It ...

You’ve done dim sum, swished Wagyu beef or chrysanthemum greens in a hot pot, wrapped Peking duck in a pancake, slurped Taiwanese noodles and swooned. Now you’re ready to cook. You know where to shop ...